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Pleading  for  Pleasure  and  Profit 


A   list    of    certain   books   which    young   people    find 

entertaining;  being  chiefly  books  which  older 

readers  enjoyed  when  they  were  young 


Third  and  revised 
edition 


All  that  Mankind  has  done,  thought,  gained  or  been ;  it  is  lying 

[in  magic  preservation  in  the  pages  of  Books.     They  are  the  chosen 

sessions  of  men. 

Carl})le — Heroes  and  Hero   Worship. 


Published  by  the  Free  Public  Library 

For  High  School  Students  and  other  Readers 

Newark,  N.J.  1913 


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Note  of  Explanation 

This  list  has  grown  out  of  actual  experience  in  suggesting  books  to  young  people. 
It  is  not  a  list  of  the  world's  greatest  books:  rather,  it  is  a  list  of  the  books  which 
the  young  men  and  women  in  high  schools,  especially  in  the  Barringer  High  School 
of  Newark,  N.  J.,  have  found  attractive  and  have  read  with  pleasure  and  profit. 

Certain  instructors  in  this  school  compiled  it  several  years  ago.  Before  its  first 
printing,  in  1908,  it  was  revised  by  its  chief  compiler.  Miss  Margaret  Coult,  in  con- 
ference with  Miss  Sara  C.  Van  de  Carr  and  Miss  Marjary  L.  Gilson  of  the  Public 
Library.  In  1911  and  again  in  1913  this  Hst  was  revised  and  rearranged  by 
Miss  Coult. 

The  division  into  eight  parts  has  been  made  for  convenience  in  suggesting 
books  to  pupils  from  fourteen  to  eighteen  years  of  age  in  the  several  high  school 
grades. 

All  the  books  in  the  list  are  in  the  High  School  Library,  which  is  a  branch 
of  the  Public  Library;  they  are  also  all  in  the  Public  Library,  the  more  popular 
ones  being  duplicated  many  times.  The  titles  most  often  called  for  are  also  in 
some  of  the  branches. 

John  Cotton  Dana. 
Free  Public  Library, 
Newark,  N.  J. 
1913. 


Selecting  and  Buying  Books  for  Young  People 

Many  parents  wish  to  furnish  their  boys  and  girls  of  high  school  age  with 
serviceable  reference  books.  It  is  quite  necessary  that  they  should  do  so,  for  the 
high  school  pupil  cannot  depend  upon  either  the  Public  Library  or  the  High  School 
Library  for  the  reference  books  he  must  use  almost  constantly  in  the  preparation  of 
lessons  during  the  four  years  of  his  course.  Books  must  be  at  hand  when  he  wishes 
to  turn  to  them  for  a  definition,  an  explanation,  or  a  bit  of  information. 

Teachers  are  frequently  asked  by  parents  to  recommend  books  which  will  equip 
pupils  for  study  at  home.  The  works  named  below  are  suggested  in  response  to  these 
inquiries.  Any  of  them  may  be  bought  at  less  than  the  advertised  price  from  dealers 
in  second-hand  books. 

A  Dictionary,  giving  definitions  of  words  in  all  their  different  uses,  with  derivations. 
These  are  recommended: 

Webster  s  New  International  Dictionary.  Published  by  Merriam,  Spring- 
field, Mass.     1910.     Price.  $12.00. 

Webster's  Collegiate  Dictionary.  Published  by  Merriam,  Springfield, 
Mass.     Price,  $3.00. 

New  Standard  Dictionjiry.  Pubhshed  by  Funk  &  Wagnalls,  N.  Y. 
1913.     $12.00. 

An  Encyclopedia,  well  printed,  well  bound,  and  compiled  by  responsible  editors. 
These  are  recommended: 

Appleton's   New   Practical   Cyclopedia.      Published  by   D.   Appleton   & 

Co.,  New  York.    1910.    6  vols.    $18.00. 
New  Student's  Reference  Work.    Published  by  Compton  &  Co.,  Chicago. 

1909.    5  vols.    $16.50. 
New    International    Encyclopedia.      Published   by   Dodd,    Mead   &   Co., 

New  York.     1909.    20  vols.     $85.00. 
Encyclopedia    Americana.      Published    by    Scientific    American.      New 

York.     1911.    22  vols.    $160.00. 

The  Encyclopedia  Britannica,  9lh  ed.,  24  vols.,  although  not  reccHnmended 
for  purchase,  is  valuable  to  the  student  because  of  its  signed  articles  in  Htera- 
lure,  history,  science,  and  other  subjects,  written  by  authors  who  are  authorities 
in  their  special  fields.  Attention  is  called  to  this  encyclopedia  because  it  is  to 
be  found  in  many  homes,  and  because  it  may  be  purchased  at  second-hand  in 
several  editions.  It  supplements  other  encyclopedias,  but  does  not  take  their 
place.     A  new   11th  edition  has  been  published. 

A  Classical  Dictionary.  Smith's  Smaller  Classical  Dictionary.  This  is  of  use 
to  the  pupil  during  the  whole  of  his  school  life  in  the  preparation  of  lessons  in 
English  and  Latin,  and  in  Ancient  History.  Published  by  American  Book  Co., 
New  York,  $1.25. 

Mythology.  Bulfinch's  Age  of  Fable.  This  book  is  not  so  complete  as  Smith's 
Classical  Dictionary,  but  is  very  entertaining  and  very  useful.  Published  by 
McKay,  Philadelphia.  1898.  $1.25.  and  Crowell.  New  York.  1902.  35c. 

284884 


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English  Composition.  Corson's  Handbook  of  English  Composition.  Published 
by  World  Book  Co.,  Yonkers.  N.  Y.,  1910,  60  cents.  This  excellent  little  book 
contains  in  small  space  the  important  rules  of  grammar,  punctuation,  and  rhetoric, 
and  will  be  a  great  help  to  those  who  wish  to  correct  their  faults  in  speaking 
and  writing. 

Besides  the  above  books  of  reference,  the  following  would  be  of  special  value 
to  any  high  school  pupil: 

English  Literature.  Pancoast's  Introduction  to  English  Literature,  and  Pancoast's 
Standard  English  Poems,  both  published  by  Holt,  New  York,  1894  and  1902, 
$135  and  $1.50  respectively.  These  books  are  used  in  the  senior  year,  and 
would  be  very  helpful  in  connection  with  the  English  of  the  lower  grades. 

Shakespeare.  The  Rolfe  edition  of  Shakespeare,  edited  by  W.  J.  Rolfe,  pub- 
lished by  American  Book  Co.,  New  York.  40  vols.  1903-1907.  Sold  sep- 
arately at  56  cents  each.  No  edition  of  Shakespeare  has  proved  more  satis- 
factory than  this.  It  is  a  good  plan  for  a  high  school  pupil  to  collect  a  set  of 
Rolfe's  Shakespeare,  beginning  with  the  plays  that  are  studied  in  school,  and 
adding  others  from  time  to  time. 

English  Poetry.  Ward's  English  Poets.  Published  by  Macmill2in,  New  York. 
4  vols.  1897.  Sold  separately  at  $1.00  each.  Contains  excellent  selections 
from  all  of  the  prominent  English  poets,  each  collection  being  preceded  by  an 
essay  upon  the  author,  by  such  writers  as  Matthew  Arnold,  Mark  Pattison,  and 
Edmund  Gosse. 

Palgrave's  Golden  Treasury  of  the  Best  Songs  and  Lyrical  Poems.  Pub- 
lished by  Macmillan,  New  York,  1898.  Two  independent  series  in  two  volumes. 
Several  editions  from  60  cents  to  $2.50  a  volume,  sold  separately.  This  is  an 
excellent  collection  of   the   lyrics  in  which  English  literature   is  so  rich. 

Poetry.  Many  pupils  are  collecting,  through  birthday  and  Christmas  gifts  and  in 
other  ways,  the  works  of  the  great  poets.  No  edition  of  the  poets  is  more 
satisfactory  than  the  Cambridge  Edition,  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co-,  New  York. 
Price,  $2.00.  This  is  not  a  cheap  edition,  but  it  is  so  well  made  that  it  is  worth 
its  price.  The  Household  Edition,  which  is  not  quite  so  complete,  costs  $1.50. 
An  excellent  cheap  edition,  but  well  made,  clearly  printed,  and  tasteful,  of 
many  of  the  best  books,  called  Everyman's  Library,  700  vols.,  has  been  issued 
by  Dent  &  Co.,  London,  and  E.  P.  Dutton  &  Co.,  New  York.  Price,  50 
cents  a  volume,   in   substantial  binding. 

Margaret  Coult. 
Barringer  High  School, 
Newark,  New  Jersey. 
July,  1911. 


Prescribed  Reading  in  the  High  School 

The  lists  that  follow  give  the  works  in  English  Literature  which  are  studied 
during  the  successive  eight  half  years,  or  terms,  at  the  Barringer  High  School  of 
Newark.  The  arrangement  is,  of  course,  subject  to  change  from  time  to  time,  but 
substantially  it  is  as  follows: 

First  term.  Greek  myths.  The  stories  of  the  Iliad  and  the  Odyssey.  Bryant's 
translation  of  the  episode  of  Ulysses  among  the  Phaeacians,  from  the  Odyssey. 
Narration  and  simple  description. 

Second  term.  Studies  in  narration,  description  and  simple  exposition.  Hitch- 
cock's Enlarged  Practice  Book.  One  of  the  Idylls  of  the  King.  Irving's 
Sketch  Book. 

Third  term.  Stories  from  early  Roman  history.  Shakespeare's  Julius  Caesar 
and  Henry  V. 

Fourth  term.  Scott's  Ivanhoe  or  Quentin  Durward.  Studies  in  mediaeval  life 
and  customs.  George  Eliot's  Silas  Marner.  The  novel  of  incident.  The  novel 
of  character. 

Fifth  term.  More  ccireful  study  of  exposition.  Essays  of  several  kinds.  Ma- 
caulay's  Essay  on  Johnson.  Addison's  Sir  Roger  de  Coverley  Papers  from 
the  Spectator.  Selections  from  Bacon's  Essays.  Selections  from  Liunb's 
Essays  of  Elia.  DeQuincey's  Flight  of  a  Tartar  Tribe.  Ruskin's  Sesame. 
Stevenscm's  Travels  with  a  Donkey  in  the  Cevennes. 

Sixth  term.  Milton's  Lyrics.  Burke's  Speech  on  Conciliation  with  America- 
Elementary  study  of  argtunent. 

Seventh  term.  Specimens  of  Einglish  literature  in  sequence  up  to  the  eighteenth 
century.  The  story  of  Beowulf.  Chaucer's  Prologue  to  the  Canterbury 
Tides.  Pancoast's  Standard  English  Poems,  Pancoast's  Introduction  to  the  study 
of  English  Literature  used  in  connection  with  the  Poems.  Shakespeare's 
Macbeth.     Paradise  Lost,  Parts  I  and  II. 

Eighth  term.  Specimens  of  English  literature  in  sequence  from  the  beginning  of 
the  Eighteenth  Century  to  the  present.  Pancoast's  Standard  English  Poems. 
Pancoast's  Introduction  to  the  Study  of  English  Literature. 

Text  Books  of  rhetoric  used: 

Hitchcock's  Enlarged  Practice  Book.     Published  by  Holt  &  Co.,  New 

York.  Price,  $1.00.     1909. 
Webster's  English  Composition  and  Literature.     Published  by  Houghton, 

Boston.     Price,  90  cents.     1900. 
Lamont's  Elementary  English  Composition.    Scribner,  New  York.    Price, 

$1.00.     1906. 


It   is  obvious   that   interested   pupils   may    do  much   by   their   summer   reading 
pleasantly  and  easily  to  prepare  themselves  for  their  next  term's  work  in  English. 


Reading  for  Pleasure  and  Profit 

"Then  fell  I  like  some  watcher  of  the  skies 
When  a  new  planet  swims  into  his  ken." 

Keats — Sonnet:,  "On  First  Looking  into  Chapman's  Homer." 

Part  One 

Fiction 

Greek  and  Roman  Life 

The  Last  Days  of  Pompeii.     Bulwer-Lytton,  Baron  Lylton,  English,  1803-1873. 

Ben  Hur.     Lew  Wallace.  American,   1828-1905. 

Three  Greek  Children.     Alfred  J.  Church,  English,   1829- 
Sea  Adventure 

Kidnapped.    Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Scotch,  1850-1894. 

Captains  Courageous.     Rudyard  Kipling,  English,  1865- 
Pioneer  Life 

The  Last  of  the  Mohicans.     James  Fenimore  Cooper,  American,  1789-1851. 

The  Deerslayer.     Jcunes  Fenimore  Cooper,  American,  1789-1851. 

New   England   Life 

The  House  of  Seven  Gables.     Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  American,  1804-1864. 
Twice-told  Tales.     Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  American,    1804-1864.     Legends  of 

the  Province  House.   The  Gray  Champion.   The  Maypole  of  Merry  Mount. 
Bright   Young   People 

Off  the  Skelligs.     English.     Jean  Ingelow,  English,   1830-1897. 
A  Jolly  Fellowship.     American.     Frank  R.  Stockton,  American,  1834-1902. 
Mother  Carey's  Chickens.    Kale  Douglas  Wiggin,  American,  1859- 
Girl   Life  » 

An  Old-Fashioned  Girl.     Louisa  M.  Alcott,  American,  1832-1888- 
Little  Women.     Louisa  M.  Alcott,  American,   1832-1888. 
The  Biography  of  a  Prairie  Girl.     Eleanor  Gates,  American,  1875- 
The   Doctor's   Daughter.      Rebecca   Sophia   Clarke    (Sophia   May),   American, 

1833-1906. 
A  Summer  in  Leslie  Goldthwaite's  Life.     Adeline  D.  T.  Whitney,  American, 

1824-1906. 
Real  Folks.     Adeline  D.  T.  Whitney,  American,   1824-1906. 
Square  Pegs.     Adeline  D.  T.  Whitney,  American,  1824-1906. 
Betty  Leicester.    Sarah  Ome  Jewett,  American,  1849-1909. 
The  Secret  Garden.     Frances  Hodgson  Burnett,  English,  1849- 
Young  Lucretia,  and  other  Stories.     Mary  Wilkins  Freeman,  1862- 


PART  ONE:    FICTION 


Boy  Life 

Tom  Brown's  School  Days  at  Rugby.  English  schools.  Thomas  Hughes, 
English.  1823-1896. 

Against  Heavy  Odds.     Norway.    Hjalmar  H.  Boyesen,  Norwegian,  1848-1895. 

Modem  Vikings.    Norway.    Hjalmar  H.  Boyesen,  Norwegian,  1848-1895. 

Boyhood  in  Norway.     Norway.     Hjalmar  H.  Boyesen,  Norwegian,  1848-1895. 

Two  Little  Savages.  Out  of  door  life.  Ernest  Seton-Thompson,  American, 
1860- 

Being  a  Boy.     New  England.     Charles  Dudley  Warner,  American,  1829-1900. 

Boys  of  Other  Countries.     Bayard  Taylor,  American,  1825-1878. 

Indian  Boyhood.    By  an  Indian.    Charles  A.  Eastman,  American,  1858- 

Phaeton  Rogers.     Rossiler  Johnson,  American,  1840- 

Dab  Kinzer;  the  Story  of  a  Growing  Boy.  WiUiam  Osbom  Stoddard,  Ameri- 
can, 1835- 

Indieui  Life 

Ramona.     Helen  Hunt  Jackson,  American,  1831-1885. 

The  Talking  Leaves.    William  Osbom  Stoddard,  American,  1835- 

History  in  Story 

A  Tale  of  Two  Cities.     The  French  Revolution.     Charles  Dickens,  English, 

1812-1870. 
The   Peasant   and   the   Prince.      The   French   Revolution.      Harriet   Martineau, 

English,  1802-1876. 
Two  Little  Confederates.     Civil  War.    Thomas  Nelson  Page,  American,  1853- 
Martin  Hyde,  the  Duke's  Messenger.     Monmouth's  Rebellion.     John  Masefield, 

English. 
Soldier  Rigdale.     How  he  sailed  in  the  Mayflower  and  how  he  served  Miles 

Standish.     Beuleih  Marie  Dix,  American,  1876- 
Merry  Lips.     Roundhead  and  Cavalier.     Beulah  Marie  Dix,  American,   1876- 
The  Son  of  Columbus.     Molly  Elliot  Seawell,  Americcin,  1860- 
The  Prince  and  the  Pauper.     England,  Henry  VIII.     Mark  Twain    (Samuel 

L.  Clemens),  American,  1835-1910. 
The   Dove   in   the    Eagle's    Nest.      Germany,    15th   Century.      Charlotte    Mary 

Yonge,  EngHsh,  1823-1901. 
Master  Skylark.    About  Shakespeare.    John  Bennett,  American,  1865- 
Rab  and  His  Friends.     Scotch  types.     Dr.  John  Brown,  Scotch,  1850-1894. 
Fanchon,   the  Cricket.     French  peasemts.     George   Sand   (Dudevant),  French, 

1804-1876.     Also  has  title  Fadette. 
Daddy  Darwin's  Dovecot.     English.     Juliana  H.   Ewing,  English,    1841-1885. 


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Part  One:  Non-Fiction 

Greek  Myths 

The  Age  of  Fable.     Thomas  Bulfinch,  American,   1796-1867. 

Classic  Myths  in  English  Literature.     Edited  by  Charles  M.  Gayley,  American, 

1858- 
Story  of  the  Golden  Age.    James  Baldwin,  American,  1841- 
Story  of  the  Iliad.    Alfred  J.  Church,  English.  1829- 
Story  of  the  Odyssey.     Alfred  J.  Church,  English,  1829- 

Myths  of  Chivalry 

Heroes  of  Chivalry  and  Romance.    Alfred  J.  Church,  English,  1829- 
Story  of  King  Arthur  and  His  Knights.     Howard  Pyle,  American,  1853- 

Northern   Myths 

Story  of  Siegfried.    James  Baldwin,  American,  1841- 

Myths  of  Northern  Lfinds.    Helene  A.  Guerber,  American, 

The  Story  of  the  Rhinegold.     Anna  Alice  Chapin,  American,  1880- 

About   the   Greeks 

Life    in   Ancient   Athens.      Thomas   G.    Tucker,    English,    1859- 

Boys'  and  Girls'  Herodotus.     Edited  by  John  S.  White,  American,  1847- 

Boys'  and  Girls*  Pliny.     Edited  by  John  S.  White,  American,  1847- 

Alexander  the  Great.     B.  I.  Wheeler,  American,  1854- 

Hislory  of  Alexander  the  Great.    Jacob  Abbott,  American,  1803-1879. 

Great  Men  of  Old 

Young  Folks'  Plutarch.     Edited  by  Rosalie  Kaufmann. 
Boys'  Heroes.    Edward  Everett  Hale,  American,  1822-1909. 

Strange   Countries 

Around  the  World  in  the  Yacht  Sunbeam.     Lady  Brassey,  English,  1839-1887. 
Two  Years  Before  the  Mast.    Richard  H.  Dana,  Jr.,  American,  1815-1882. 
What  Mr.  Darwin  Saw  in  His  Voyage  Round  the  World  in  the  Ship  Beagle. 
Charles  Robert  Darwin,  English,   1809-1882. 

People   Worth   Knowing 

Life  and  Letters  of  Louisa  Alcott.    Edited  by  Ednah  D.  L.  Cheney,  American, 

1824-1904. 
The  Alcotts  as  I  Knew  Them.    Clara  Gowing. 
Autobiography  of  Benjamin  Franklin.     American,  1706-1790. 
Study  of  Hawthorne.     George  P.  Lathrop,  American,  1851-1898. 
Leaders  of  Men,  or  History  Told  in  Biography.    Young  Folks*  Library,  v.  19. 
A  Boy's  Town.     Autobiographical.    William  Dean  Howells,  American,  1837- 


PART   TWO:     FICTION 


People   Worth   Knowing — Continued 

The  Boy's  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln.     Helen  Nicolay,  American,  1866- 
Any  of  the  Young  Folks*  Library. 

A  Book  of  Golden  Deeds.     Charlotte  Mary  Yonge,  English.  1823-190L 
Children's    Letters-      Collected    by    Elizabeth    Colson    and    Anna    Gansevoort 
Chittenden. 


Part  One:  Poetry 


Poems   about   the   Greeks 

On    First    Looking   into   Chapman's    Homer,    a   sonnet.      John    Keats,    English, 
1795-1821. 

A  Musical  Instrument.     The  God  Pan.     Elizabeth  Barrett  Browning,  English, 
1806-1861. 

Hector  and  Andromache.     Paraphrase  of  Homer.     Elizabeth  Barrett  Browning, 
English,  1806-1861. 

Hector  in  the  Garden.     Elizabeth  Barrett  Browning,  English,  1806-1861. 

The  Dead  Pan.     Elizabeth  Barrett  Browning,  English,  1806-1861. 

Demeter  and  Persephone.    Jean  Ingelow,  English,  1830-1897. 

Translation  of  Homeric  Hymn.   The  Myth  of  Demeter  and  Persephone.    Walter 
Horatio  Pater,  English,  1838-1894. 

Oenone.      Alfred    Tennyson,    English,    1809-1892. 

Andromeda.     Charles  Kingsley,  English,  1819-1875. 

Iphigenia  and  Agamemnon.     Walter  S.  Landor,  English,   1775-1864. 

The  Sons  of  Cydippe.    Edmund  William  Gosse,  English,  1849- 
A  Midsummer-Night's  Dream.     Rolfe  Edition.    Fairy  Story.     William  Shakespeare, 

English.  1564-1616. 
King  Robert  of  Sicily.     Mediaeval  Story.     Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  Amer- 
ican. 1807-1882. 
Enoch  Arden.    Sea  Story.    Alfred  Tennyson,  English,  1809-1892. 


Part  Two 


"The   choice   of   books,    like   that   of    friends,    is   a   serious   duly.      We    are    as 
responsible  for  what  we  read  as  for  what  we  do." — Sir  John  Lubbock. 

Fiction 

Adventure 

Treasure  Island.     On  the  Sea.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Scotch,   1850-1894. 
Rob  Roy.     In  the  Highlands.     Sir  Walter  Scott,  English,  1771-1832. 
The  Spy.     Pioneer  life.    James  Fenimore  Cooper,  American,  1789-1851. 


10  READING   FOR   PLEASURE   AND    PROFIT 

Fun 

Rudder  Grange.     Frank  R.  Stockton,  American,   1834-1902. 

The  Rose  and  the  Ring.     William  Makepeace  Thackeray,  English,   1811-1863. 
New  England  Life 

The  County  Road.     Alice  Brown,  American,  1857- 

Short  Stories.     Mary  E.  Wilkins,  American,  1862- 

Oldtown  Fireside  Stories.     Harriet  Beecher  Stowe,  American,  1812-1896. 
Out-of-Door  Life 

The  Call  of  the  Wild.     Jack  London,  American,  1876- 

The  Blazed  Trail.     Stewart  Edward  White,  American,  1873- 
Nicholas  Nickleby.     English  schools.     Charles  Dickens,  English,   1812-1870. 
David  Copperfield.     Autobiographical.     Charles  Dickens,  English,   1812-1870. 
Tom  Brown  at  Oxford.     English  college  life.    Thomas  Hughes,  English,  1823-1896. 
Jungle  Book.     India.     Rudyard  Kipling,  English,   1865- 
Second  Jungle  Book.     India.     Rudyard  Kipling,  English,  1865- 
The  Day's  Work.     India  and  Elsewhere.     Rudyard  Kipling,  English,  1865- 
Undine.     Famous  fairy  story.     Friedrich  LaMotte-Fouque,  German,  1777-1843. 
A  Dog  of  Flanders.     Story.     Ouida  (Louise  de  La  Rame),  English,   1840-1898. 
Childhood.      Little    Cl2issics.      Children,    real    and    imaginary.      Edited    by    Edwin 

Rossiter  Johnson,  American,  1840- 
Laughter.      Little    Classics.      Good    stories.      Edited    by    Edwin    Rossiter    Johnson, 

American,   1840- 
Whilomville  Stories.     Very  natural.     Stephen  Crane,  American,   1870-1900. 
The  Adventures  of  Captain  Horn.     Frank  R.   Stockton,    1834-1902. 

Part  Two:   Non-Fiction 

Animal  Life 

Forest  Neighbors.    William  Hulbert,  American,  1868- 
Wild  Life  of  Orchard  and  Field.     Ernest  Ingersoll,  American,  1852- 
Ways  of  Wood  Folk.     William  J.  Long,  American,   1867- 
Wild  Neighbors.     Ernest  Ingersoll,  American,   1852- 
Wilderness  Ways.     William  J-  Long,  American,  1867- 
Wild  Animals  I  Have  Known.    Ernest  Seton-Thompson,  American,  1860- 
Lives  of  the  Hunted.     Ernest  Seton-Thompson,  American,  1860- 
Squirrels  and  Other  Fur-Bearers.     John  Burroughs,  American,   1837- 
The  Kindred  of  the  Wild.     Charles  G.  D.  Roberts,  American,  1860- 
Out-of-Doors 

Maine  Woods.     Henry  David  Thoreau,  American,   1817-1862. 
Walden.    Henry  David  Thoreau,  American,  1817-1862. 


PART   TWO:     POETRY  II 

Out-of-Doors — Continued 

The  Forest.    Stewart  Edward  White,  American,  1873- 

The  Mountains.     Stewart  Edward  White,  American,  1873- 

In  the  Wilderness.     Charles  Dudley  Warner,  American,   1829-1900. 

Interesting   Histories,   Easy   to   Read 

History  of  King  Alfred  of  England.     Jacob  Abbott,  American,    1803-1879. 
History  of  Queen  Elizabeth.    Jacob  Abbott,  American,  1803-1879. 
History  of  Julius  Caesar.     Jacob  Abbott,  American,  1803-1879. 

The   Arthur  Story 

King  Arthur  and  the  Knights  of  the  Round  Table;    a  modernized  version  of 

the  Morte  D'Arthur.     Edited  by  Charles  Morris. 
The  Boy's  King  Arthur.     Sir  Thomas  Malory,  English,  1430-1496. 
King  Arthur  Stories.    Sir  Thomas  Malory,  English,  1430-1496. 
Fifteen  Decisive  Battles  of  the  World;   from  Marathon  to  Waterloo.     Sir  Edward 

S.  Creasy,  English,  1812-1878. 
Boots  and  Saddles.    Army  life  in  the  West.    Ehzabeth  B.  Custer,  American,  1844- 
Bits  of  Travel  at  Home.     U.  S.     Good  description.     Helen  Hunt  Jackson,  Ameri- 
can, 1831-1885. 
Hero  Tales  of  the  Far  North.     Jacob  A.  Riis,  Dane,  1849- 
Age  of  Chivalry.     Thomas  Bulfinch,  American,   1796-1867. 

A  Child's  Journey  with  Dickens.     A  good  model  for  a  narrative  of  personal  expe- 
rience.    Kate  Douglas  Wiggin,  American,   1859- 

Dr.  Grenfell's  Parish.     The  story  of  a  present-day  hero.     Norman  Duncan,  Cana- 
dian,  1871- 

The   Junior   Republic.    A    fortimate   experiment.     William   R.    George,    American, 
1866- 

Star-land.     "The  heavens,   the   work  of  Thy   fingers."     Sir   Robert  Stawell   Ball, 

Irish,   1840- 
Letters  of  Sarah  Ome  Jewett,  American,  1849-1909.    An  interesting  woman. 

Part  Two:  Poetry 

Story   Ballads 

Ticonderoga.     Scotch- American.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Scotch,    1850-1894- 
The  White   Ship.     Henry   I   of   England.     Dante   Gabriel   Rossetti,    EngHsh, 
1828-1882. 

The   King's   Tragedy.      James    I    of    Scots.      Dante   Gabriel    Rossetti,    English, 
1828-1882. 
Story  Poems 

The    Falcon    of    Sir    Federigo.      Chivalry.      Henry    Wadsworlh    Longfellow, 
American,    1807-1882. 


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Story   Poems — Continued 

The    Pied    Piper   of    Hamelin.      German   legend.      Robert    Browning,    English, 

I8I2-I889. 
Lyra    Heroica.      A    collection    of    stirring    poems.      William    Ernest    Henley, 
English,   1849-1903. 

War  Poems 

How   They    Brought   the   Good   News   from   Ghent   to   Aix.      Brave    Holland. 

Robert  Browning,  English,  1812-1889. 
Incident  of  the  French  Camp.     Napoleon.     Robert   Browning,  English,    1812- 

1889. 
Chronicle   of   the  Drum.     French   and   English  wars,   with   a  moral.     William 
Makepeace   Thackeray,   English,    1811-1863. 
Sohrab  and  Rustum.     Hero  story.     Matthew  Arnold,  English,   1822-1888. 
Henry  VIII.     Rolfe  Edition.     William  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 


Part  Three 


"Go  with  mean  people,  and  you  think  that  life  is  mean.     Then  read  Plutarch, 
and  the  world  is  a  proud  place." — Emerson. 

Fiction 

About  Rome 

A  Friend  of  Caesar.     In  Caesar's  time.     William  S.  Davis,  American,   1877- 
Darkness   and   Dawn.      In    Nero's   time.      Frederick    WiUiam   Farrar,    English, 

1831-1903. 
Rienzi,  the  Last  of  the  Tribunes.     In  the  Fourteenth  Century.     Bulwer-Lytton, 
baron  Lytton,  English,   1803-1873. 
Hypatia.     Paganism  zuid  Christianity.     Charles  Kingsley,  English,   1819-1875. 
The  Caged  Lion.     Henry  V  of  England.     James  I  of  Scots.     Charlotte  M.  Yonge, 

English,  1823-1901. 
Unknown  to  History.     Mary  of  Scots.     Charlotte  M.  Yonge,   English,    1823-1901. 
Kenilworth.     Elizabeth's  time.     Sir  Walter  Scott,  English,    1771-1832. 
Personal  Recollections  of  Joan  of  Arc.     French  wars.     Mark  Twain    (Samuel  L. 

Clemens),  American,  1835-1910- 
Ninety-three.     French  Revolution.     Victor  Hugo,  French,   1802-1885. 
Judith  Shakespeare.    Stratford  and  Shakespeare.    William  Black,  Scotch,  1841-1698. 
Scotch   Adventure 

Guy  Mannering.     Sir  Walter  Scott,  English,   1771-1832. 
David  Balfour.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Scotch,   1850-1894. 


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Two   Well-Told   Stories    of  Children 

Jackanapes.    Juliana  H.  Ewing,  English,  1841-1882. 

Story  of  a  Short  Life.     JuHana  H.  Ewing,  English,  1841-1882. 
Our  Mutual  Friend.     London  life.     Charles  Dickens,  English,  1812-1870. 
One  Summer.     Blanche  Willis  Howard,  American,   1847-1898. 

Part  Three:  Non-Fiction 

Roman  Life 

Roman  Life  in  the  Days  of  Cicero.    Alfred  J.  Church,  English,  1829- 
Roman  Life  in  Pliny's  Time.    Translated  by  Maurice  Pellison. 
The  Private  Life  of  the  Romans.     Harriet  W.  Preston  and  Louise  Dodge. 
Stories  in  Stone  from  the  Roman  Forum.    Isabel  Lovell. 

Great  Romans 

Seven  Roman  Statesmen.    Charles  W.  C.  Oman,  English,  1860- 
Plutarch's  Caesar,  Brutus,  Antony.     Taken  from  Sir  Thomas  North's  Transla- 
tion, English,  1535-1601. 
Cicero  and  His  Friends.     M.  L.  G.  Boissier,  French,  1823- 
Boys*  and  Girls'  Plutarch-     John  S.  White,  American,  1847-1903. 
Bits  of  Travel  Abroad.     Easy  essays.     Helen  Hunt  Jackson,  American,  1831-1885. 
History   of   Hcmnibal   the   Carthaginiem.      Punic   wars.     Jacob   Abbott,    American, 

1803-1879. 
Conquest  of  Mexico.  Romantic  History.    William  H.  Prescott,  American,  1796-1859. 
Shakespeare  the  Boy.    William  Rolfe,  English,  1827. 

The  Chemical  History  of  a  Candle.     Good  science.     Michael  Faraday,  English, 
1791-1867. 

Part  Three:  Poetry 

Coriolanus.    Rolfe  Edition.    Early  Rome-    William  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 
Merchant  of  Venice.   Rolfe  Edition.    William  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 
Lays  of  Ancient  Rome.     Thomas  Babington   Macaulay,   English,    1800-1859. 
Horatius.     Battle  of  Lake  Regillus.     Virginia. 

War  Poems 

Agincourt.     Henry   V.    Michael   Drayton,   English,    1563-1631. 
Ivry.     Henry  of  Navarre.    Thomas  Babington  Macaulay,  English,  1800-1859. 
Naseby,  Cromwell.     Thomas  Babington  Macaulay,  English,   1800-1859. 
Song  of  the  Camp.    Crimea.     Bayard  Taylor,  American,  1825-1878- 
Story   Poems 

Torquemada.    Inquisition.   Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  American,  1807-1882. 
The  Legend  Beautiful.    Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  American,  1807-1882. 
Friar  Jerome's  Beautiful  Book.     Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich,  American,  1836-1907. 


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Part  Four 


"Reading    furnishes    the    mind    only    with    the    materials    of    knowledge;    it    is 
thinking  that  makes  what  we  read  ours." — Locke. 

Fiction 

Novels   of  Action 

The  Talisman.     The  Crusades.     Sir  Walter  Scott,  English,  1771-1832. 
Quenhn  Durward.    Louis  XI  of  France.    Sir  Walter  Scott,  English,  1771-1832. 
The  House  of  the  Wolf.     Massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew.     Stanley  J.  Weyman, 

English,  1855- 
A   Gentleman   of   France.     Henry   of   Navarre.   Stanley   J.   Weyman,   English, 

1855- 
Passe  Rose.     Charlemagne.     Arthur  S.  Hardy,  American,  1847- 
Men  of  Iron.    Chivalry.    Howard  Pyle,  American,  1853- 
Chivalric  Days.     Elbridge  Brooks,  American,  1846-1902. 
Westward  Ho!     The  Armada.     Charles  Kingsley,  English,  1819-1875. 
The    Black   Arrow.      Wars    of    the    Roses.      Robert    Louis    Stevenson,    Scotch, 

1850-1894. 

Novels   of  Character 

Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde.     With  a  moral.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Scotch, 

1850-1894. 
The   Master   of   Ballantrae.      Scotch   types.      Robert   Louis   Stevenson,   Scotch, 

1850-1894. 
The  Mill  on   the   Floss.     Out  of  personal  experience.     George  Eliot   (Cross), 

English,  1819-1880. 
Scenes  of  Clerical  Life.     Out  of  personal  experience.     George  Eliot   (Cross), 

English,  1819-1880. 
Pride    and    Prejudice.      Out    of    personal    experience.      Jane    Austen,    Enghsh, 

1775-1817. 
Old  Kensington.     Out   of   personal   experience.     Anne    (T.)    Ritchie,    English, 

1838- 
Neighbors   on   the   Green.      Out   of   personal    experience.      Margaret    Oliphant, 

Scotch,  1818-1897. 
Cranford.     Quaint  English  village  types.    Elizabeth  Gaskell,  English,  1810-1865. 
Shirley.      Strongly    individual    people.      Charlotte    Bronte    (Nicholls),    Enghsh, 

1816-1855. 
Village  Life 

Deephaven.     New  England  life.     Sarah  Orne  Jewett,  American,   1849-1909. 
The    Country    Doctor.      New    England    life.      Sarah   Orne    Jewett,    American, 

1849-1909. 


PART   FOUR:     NON-FICTION;    POETRY  15 

Village  Life — Continued 

Irish  Idylls.     Irish  Types.    Jane  Barlow,  Irish,  1860- 

Old  Chester  Tales.    Stories  of  village  life.     Margaret  Deland,  American,  1857- 
Old  Creole  Days.     Stories  of  New  Orleans.     George  W.  Cable,  American,   1844- 
Innocents  Abroad.    Fun.    Mark  Twain  (Samuel  L.  Clemens),  American,  1835-1910. 
The  Gold  Bug.     Mystery  story.     Edgar  Allen  Poe,  American,   1809-1849. 
Dr.  Sevier.     Civil  War.     George  W.  Cable,  American,   1844. 
Marjorie  Daw.    A  clever  idea.    Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich,  American,  1836-1907. 
Helen's  Babies.     Fun.    John  Habberton,  American,  1842- 

Part  Four:  Non-Fiction 

In  the  Days  of  Scott.     Tudor  Jenks,  American,  1857- 
In  the  Days  of  Chaucer.     Tudor  Jenks,  American,  1857- 
Story  of  Roland.     Chivalry.     James  Baldwin,  American,  1841- 
People   Worth   Knowing 

Life  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  abridged.     John  G.  Lockhart,  Scotch,   1794-1854. 

Life  of  Sir  Walter  Scott.     Richard  H.  Hutton,  English,  1826-1897. 

Journal  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  English,  1771-1832. 

Autobiography  and  Letters  of  Margaret  Oliphant,  Scotch,   1818-1897. 

Letters  of  Celia  Thaxter,  Americcin,  1835-1894. 

My  Mark  Twain.     William  Dean  Howells,  American,   1837- 
To  Girls.     Good  sense.     Heloise  E.  Hersey,  American,   1855- 
The  Oregon  Trail.    Western  adventure.    Francis  Parkman,  American,  1844-1893. 
The  Forms  of  Water.     Good  science-     John  Tyndall,  Irish,  1820-1893. 
Self  Cultivation  in  English.     George  Herbert  Palmer,  American,  1842- 

Part  Four:  Poetry 

Richard  III.     Rolfe  Edition.     William  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 

King  John.    Rolfe  Edition.    William  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 

The  Lady  of  the  Lake.     Highlanders  and  Lowlanders.     Sir  Walter  Scott,  English, 

1771-1832. 
The  Lay  of  the  Last  Minstrel.     Melrose  and  Border  warfare.     Sir  Walter  Scott, 

English,  1771-1832. 
Marmion.     Flodden  Field.    Sir  Walter  Scott,  English,  1771-1832. 
The  Arthur   Story 

Enid    and   Geraint.      Alfred    Tennyson,    English,    1809-1892. 

Elaine.    Alfred  Tennyson,  English,  1809-1892. 

The  Lady  of  Shalott.    Alfred  Tennyson,  EngHsh,  1809-1892. 


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Robin  Hood 

The  Robin  Hood  Ballads.     Edited  by  Joseph  Rilson,  English,  1752-1803. 
Sherwood.    Alfred  Noyes,  English,  1880- 

Chivalry   and   Heroism 

An  Old  Castle.    Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich,  American,  1836-1907. 

The    Rhyme    of    the    Duchess    May.      Elizabeth    Barrett    Browning,    English, 

1806-1861. 
The  Revenge— A  Ballad  of  the  Fleet.    Alfred  Tennyson,  English,  1809-1892. 


Part  Five 


"Will  you  go  and  gossip  with  your  housemaid  or  your  stable  boy,  when  you  may 
talk  with  Kings  and  Queens?" — Ruskin. 

Fiction 

Henry  Esmond.   Age  of  Anne.   William  Makepeace  Thackeray,  English,  1811-1863. 
Virginians.      Continuation    of    Esmond.      William   Makepeace    Thackeray,    English, 

1811-1863. 
Daniel  Deronda.    The  Jew  in  England.     George  Eliot  (Cross),  English,  1819-1880. 
The  Cloister  and  the  Hearth.    The  Renaissance.    Charles  Reade,  English,  1814-1884. 
Put  Yourself  in  His  Place.     Labor  agitation.     Charles  Reade,  English,  1814-1884. 
Greifenslein.     German  honor.     Francis  Marion  Crawford,  American,  1854-1909. 
A  Roman  Singer.     Francis  Marion  Crawford,  American,   1854-1909. 
Scotch  Village  Life 

The  Little  Minister.     James  M.   Barrie,  Scotch,   1860- 

Sentimental  Tommy.     James  M.  Barrie,  Scotch,   1860- 

A  Window  in  Thrums.     James  M.  Barrie,  Scotch,   1860- 
The  Small   House   at  Allinglon.     English  life.     Anthony  Trollope,   English,    1815- 

1882. 
The  Prophet  of  the  Great  Smoky  Mountains.     Tennessee  Mountaineers.     Mary  N. 

Murfree  (Craddock),  American,  1850- 
John  Bodewin's  Testimony.     Western  life.     Mary  Hallock  Foote,  American,   1847- 
The  Merry   Men.     Excellent  stories.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Scotch,    1850-1894. 

Part  Five:  Non-Fiction 

People   You   Should  Know 

The    English    Humourists    of    the    Eighteenth    Century.      William    Makepeace 

Thackeray,  English,  1811-1863. 
Boswell's  Life  of  Samuel  Johnson.     Abridged.     English,   1709-1784. 
Samuel  Johnson.    Essay.    Thomas  Carlyle,  English,  1795-1881. 


PART   FIVE:     NON-FICTION:    POETRY  17 

People   You   Should   Know — Continued 

Life  of  Goldsmith.    Washington  Irving,  American,  1783-1859. 

Journal  of  Madame  D'Arblay  (Frances  Bumey),  English,  1752-1840. 

Madame  D'Arblay.     Essay.    Thomas  Babington  Macaulay,  English,  1800-1859. 

Poets  of  America.     Edmund  Clarence  Stedman,  American,    1833-1908- 

Yesterdays  with   Authors.     James   Thomas   Fields,   American,    1817-1881. 

The    Four   Georges.      Entertaining   history.      William    Makepeace    Thackeray, 
English,  1811-1863. 
Varied  Types.     Clever  short  essays.     G.  K.  Chesterton,  English,  1874-  . 
How  to  Enjoy  Pictures.     Clear  and  helpful.     Mabel  S.  Emery,  American. 


Part  Five:  Poetry 

Three   Great   Comedies 

Twelfth  Night.     Rolfe  Edition.     William  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 
As  You  Life  It.     Rolfe  Edition.     Wilham  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 
Much   Ado   About   Nothing.      Rolfe   Edition.     William   Shakespeare,    English, 
1564-1616. 

Two   Arthur  Poems 

The  Coming  of  Arthur.     Alfred  Tennyson,  English,   1809-1892. 

The  Passing  of  Arthur.     Alfred  Tennyson,  English,  1809-1892. 
Lyrics   in  Varied   Moods 

Drifting.     Thomas  B.  Read,  American,  1822-1872. 

The  Feet  of  the  Young  Men.     Rudyard  IGpling,  English,   1865- 

To  Night.     Percy  Bysshe  Shelley,  English,  1792-1822. 

Night.     Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  American,  1807-1882. 

Hark!  Hark!  the  Lark.     William  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 

To  a  Waterfowl.     William  Cullen  Bryant,  American,   1794-1878. 

The  Red  River  Voyageur.     John  G.  Whittier,  American,    1807-1892. 

The  Daffodils.     William  Wordsworth,  English,   1770-1850. 

Break,  Break,  Break.     Alfred  Tennyson,  English.  1809-1892. 

Crossing  the  Bar.     Alfred  Tennyson,  English,  1809-1892. 
The  Rape  of  the  Lock.     Eighteenth  century  life   and  manners.     Alexander   Pope, 

English,  1728-1774. 
The  Prisoner  of  Chillon.     Liberty.     Lord  Byron,  English,  1788-1824. 

The   Poetry   of   the   Bible.      Psalms.   The  first  two  lines  are  here  quoted.    Text 
of  The  Modern  Reader's  Bible. 
19.     "The  heavens  declare  the  glory  of  God; 

And  the  firmament  shewelh  His  handiwork." 


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The   Poetry   of   the   Bible.      Psalms.  — Continued. 

23.  "The  Lord  is  my  shepherd; 

I  shall  not  want." 

24.  "The  earth  is  the  Lord's,  and  the  fulness  thereof; 

The  world,  and  they  that  dwell  therein." 
27.     "The  Lord  is  my  light  and  my  salvation; 

Whom  shall  I  fear?" 
29.     "Give  unto  the  Lord,  O  ye  sons  of  the  mighty, 

Give  unto  the  Lord  glory  and  strength." 
42.     "As  the  heart  panfelh  after  the  water  brooks. 

So  panteth  my  soul  after  Thee,  O  God." 
46.     "God  is  our  refuge  and  strength, 

A  very  present  help  in  trouble." 
5 1 .     "Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  according  to  thy  loving  kindness : 

According   to   the   multitude   of   Thy   tender   mercies   blot  out  mjr 
transgressions." 
65.     "Praise  waiteth  for  Thee,  O  God,  in  Zion: 

And  unto  Thee  shall  the  vow  be  performed." 
80.     "Give  ear,  O  Shepherd  of  Israel, 

Thou  that  leadest  Joseph  like  a  flock;" 
84.     "How   lovely  are  Thy  tabernacles,  O  Lord  of  hosts! 

My  soul  longeth,  yea,  even  fainteth  for  the  courts  of  the  Lord." 


Part  Six 


"A    good   book   is    the    precious    life-blood    of    a    master-spirit,    embalmed    and 
treasured  up  on  purpose  to  a  life  beyond  life." — Milton. — "Areopagitica." 

Fiction 

The  Marble  Faun.    Rome.    Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  American,  1804-1864. 

Romola.     Florence  and  Savonarola.     George  Eliot  (Cross),  English,   1819-1880. 

Les    Miserables.      Paris.      Victor    Hugo,    French,    1 802- 1 885. 

Uarda.     Ancient  Egypt.     George  Ebers,  German,   1837-1898.' 

An  Egyptian  Princess.     Ancient  Egypt.     George  Ebers,  German,   1837-1898. 

The  Abbot.     Mary  of  Scots.     Sir  Walter  Scott,  EngUsh,  1771-1832. 

The  Maiden  and  Married  Life  of  Mary  Powell  and  Deborah's  Diary.  Milton. 
Anne  Manning  (Ralhbone),  English.  1807-1879. 

The  Household  of  Sir  Thomas  More.  Anne  Manning  (Rathbone),  English, 
1807-1879. 

The  Rise  of  Silas  Lapham.  Typical  of  life  to-day.  William  Dean  Howells,  Amer- 
ican, 1837- 


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The  Golden  Age.     Child  life.     Kenneth  Grahame,  English,   1859- 

The  Forest  Schoolmaster.    The  message  of  a  life.     Petri  Rosegger,  German,  1843- 

The  Little   Schoolmaster   Mark.     The   message   of    a   life.     Joseph    H.   Shorthouse, 

English.  1834-1903. 
Cuore.     School-life  in  Italy.     Edmondo  D'Amicis,  Italian,   1846- 
Kim.     The  English  in  India.     Rudyard  Kipling,  English,   1865- 

Part  Six:  Non-Fiction 

Margaret  Ogilvy.     Barrie's  mother.     James   M.   Barrie,   Scotch,    1860- 

Elizabeth    and    Her    German    Garden.      Clever    comment    on    people    and    things. 

Countess  von  Arnim. 
My  Summer  in  a  Garden.     Fun.     Charles  Dudley  Warner,  American,   1829-1900. 
Under  the  Trees.      Pleasant  essays.     Hamilton  W.  Mabie,  American,  1846- 
Little  Rivers.     Fishing,     Henry  VanDyke,  American,    1852- 
People   We  Should  Know 

Men  I  Have  Known.     Frederic  William  Farrar,  English,  1831-1903. 

Milton.     Essay.    Thomas  Babington  Macaulay,  English,  1800-1859. 

Chatham.     Essay.     Thoracis  Babington  Macaulay,  English,   1800-1859. 

Clive.     Essay.     Thomas  Babington  Macaulay,  English,  1800-1859. 

Warren  Hastings.    Essay.    Thomas  Babington  Macaulay,  English,  1800-1859. 

John  Milton.  In  Essays  Historical  and  Literary.  John  Fiske,  American,  1842- 
1901. 

The  Life  of  Nelson.    Robert  Soulhey,  English,  1774-1843. 

Victorian  Poets.     Edmund  Clarence  Stedman,  American,  1833-1908. 

Dorothy  Wordsworth.     The  story  of  a  devoted  sister.     Edmund  Lee. 

Historical   Background   of  Burke's    Speech 

The  Deeper  Significance  of  the  Boston  Tea  Party.  In  Essays  Historical  and 
Literary.     John  Fiske,  American,   1842-1901. 

Thomas  Hutchinson,  Last  Royal  Governor  of  Massachusetts.  In  Essays  His- 
torical cind  Literary.     John  Fiske,  American,   1842-1901. 

The  American  Revolution.  V.  1,  pages  1-115.  John  Fiske,  American,  1842- 
1901. 

Two   Excellent   Scientific   Books 

The  Chemistry  of  Commerce.  Showing  "what  a  touchstone  chemistry  is  to 
efficiency  in  manufacture."  (Omit  Chapters  II,  V,  X,  if  desired.)  Robert 
Kennedy  Duncan,  Canadian,  1868- 

Some  Chemical  Problems  of  To-day.  Just  as  interesting.  (Omit  Chapters 
IV,  IX,  if  desired.)     Robert  Kennedy  Duncan. 


20  READING   FOR   PLEASURE   AND   PROFIT 

Advice   to   Boys 

The  Young  Man  and  the  World.     Albert  J.  Beveridge,  American,   1862- 

Which  College  for  the   Boy.     John  Corbin,  American,    1870- 

From  School  Through  College.     Henry  Parks  Wright,  American,   1839- 

The  History  of  Oratory.     Lorenzo  Sears,  American,  1838- 

Bunker  Hill  Oration.     Daniel  Webster,  American,  1782-1852. 

Reply  to  Hayne.     Daniel  Webster,  American,  1782-1852. 

Farewell  Address.     George  Washington,  American,   1732-1799. 

Florence.     Background  of  Romola.     Grant  Allen,  American,  1848-1900. 

Rome.     Background  of  Marble  Faun.     Walter  Taylor  Field,  American,  1861- 

Ave  Roma  Immortalis.     Background  of  Marble  Faun.     Francis  Marion  Crawford, 
American,   1854-1909. 

Gondola  Days.     Venice.     Good  description.     F.  Hopkinson  Smith,  American,  1838- 

The  Short  Story.     A  real  help  to  the  amateur  story-writer.     Joseph  Berg  Esenwein, 

American,  1867- 
Confessions  of  an  Opium  Eater.     Thomas  DeQuincey,  English,   1785-1859. 
The  Promised  Land.     America  seen  with  new  eyes.     Mary  Antin,  Russian,   1883- 

Part  Six:  Poetry 

The  Tempest.     Rolfe   Edition.     William  Shakespeare,   English,    1564-1616. 
Romeo  and  Juliet.    Rolfe  Eldition.    William  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 
Holy   Grail  Poems 

The  Holy  Grail.     Alfred  Tennyson,  English,   1809-1892. 

Sir  Galahad.     Alfred  Tennyson,  English,  1809-1892. 

The  Visi<m  of  Sir  Launfal.     James  Russell  Lowell,  American,   1819-1891. 

Memorial   Poems 

Morituri    Salutamus.      Bowdoin,    1825-1875.      Henry    Wadsworth   Longfellow, 

American,   1807-1882. 
Commemoration  Ode.     Harvard,  July  21,  1865.     James  Russell  Lowell,  Amer- 
ican,  1819-1891. 
Concord  Hymn.     April    19,    1836.     Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,   American,    1803- 
1882. 
Aurora  Leigh.     Story  poem-     Elizabeth  Barrett  Browning,  English,  1806-1861. 

The   Poetry   of   the    Bible.      Psalms.      The  first  two  lines  are  here  quoted.    Text 
of   Modem  Reader's   Bible. 

90.  "Lord,  Thou  hast  been  our  dwelling  place 

In   all   generations." 

91.  "He  that  dwelleth  in  the  secret  place  of  the  Most  High, 

Shall  abide  under  the  shadow  of  the  Almighty." 


PART   SEVEN:     FICTION;    NON-FICTION  21 

Poetry   of   the   Bible.      Psalms. — Continued 
95.     "O  come,  let  us  sing  unto  the  Lord: 

Let  us  make  a  joyful  noise  to  the  rock  of  our  salvation." 
103.     "Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul, 

And  all  that  is  within  me,  bless  His  holy  name." 
121.     "I  will  lift  up  mine  eyes  unto  the  mountains: 

From  whence  shall  my  help  come?" 
126.     "When  the  Lord  turned  again  the  captivity  of  Zion, 

We  were  like  unto  them  that  dream." 
136.     "O  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord;   for  He  is  good: 

For  His  mercy  endureth  forever." 
148.     "Praise  ye  the  Lord  from  the  heavens: 

Praise  Him  in  the  heights." 
150.     "Praise  God  in  His  sanctuary: 

Praise  Him  in  the  firmament  of  His  power." 
Job,  Chapter  38.    "Who  is  this  that  darkeneth  counsel  by  words  without  knowl- 
edge?" 


Part  Seven 


"And  as  for  me,  thogh  that  I  can  but  lyte. 
On  bokes   for   to   rede   I   me  delyte. 
And  to  hem   yeve   I    feyth   and    ful   credence, 
And  in  myn  herte  have  hem  in  reverence." 

Chaucer — "Legend  of  Good  Women." 

Fiction 

Pendennis.      People    as    Thackeray    saw    them.      William    Makepeace    Thackeray, 

English,  1811-1863. 
Vanity   Fair.     People   as  Thackeray  saw  them.     William   Makepeace  Thackeray, 

English,  1811-1863. 
Middlemarch.     People  as  George  Eliot  saw  them-     George  Eliot   (Cross),  English, 

1819-1875. 
The   Roots   of    the    Mountains.      Life   of   Early    Germanic    folk.      William    Morris, 

English,  1834-1896. 
The  Dream  of  John  Ball.     Socialism.     William  Morris,  English,  1834-1896. 
The  Beleaguered  City.     The  spirit  world.     Margaret  Oliphant,  Scotch,   1818-1897. 
Marius  the  Epicurean.     The  ideal.     Walter  Horatio  Pater,  English,  1839-1894. 

Part  Seven:  Non-Fiction 

Early  English  Literature.     Study  of  the  Anglo-Saxons.     Stopford  A.  Brooke,  Irish, 
1832- 


22  READING   FOR   PLEASURE   AND   PROFIT 

Chaucer,  an  essay  in  My  Study  Windows.     James  Russell  Lowell,  American,  1819- 

1891. 
Dante,  an  essay   in  Among  My   Books.     Second   Series.     James   Russell   Lowell, 

American,  1819-1891. 

The   Drama 

Early  English  Religious  Drama.     Katharine  Lee  Bates,  American,  1859- 
Shakespeare;  a  Critical  Study  of  His  Mind  and  Art.     Edward  Dowden,  Irish, 

1843- 
Shakespeare  as  a  Dramatic  Artist.     Richard  G.  Moulton,  English,   1849- 
The   Classical   Drama.     Richard  G.   Moulton,    English.    1849- 

The   Poetry   of   the   Bible.      Isaiah.     The  opening  sentences  are   here  quoted. 
Text  of  Modem  Reader's  Bible- 
35.     "The  wilderness  and  the  solitary  places  shall  be  glad  for  them." 
40.     "Comfort  ye,  comfort  ye  my  people,  sziilh  your  God." 

51.  "Harken  to  me,  ye  that  follow  after  righteousness,  ye  that  seek  the  Lord:" 

52.  "Awake,  awake,  put  on  thy  strength,  O  Zion; 

Put  on  thy  beautiful  garments,  O  Jerusalem,  the  holy  city:" 
55.     "Ho,  every  one  that  thirsteth,  come  ye  to  the  waters. 

And  he  that  hath  no  money,  come  ye,  buy  and  eat:" 
Literary  Study  of  the  Bible.     Richard  G.  Moulton,  English,   1849- 
A  Diary  from  Dixie.     Civil  War.     Mary  B.  Chestnut,  American,  1823-1886. 
Talks  on  Writing  English.     Series  I  and  II.     Arlo  Bates,  American,   1850- 
Memories  and  Portraits.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Scotch,   1850-1894. 
A  Happy  Half -Century.     Clever  essays.     Agnes  Repplier,  American,    1859- 
Varia.     Clever  essays.     Agnes  Repplier,  American,   1859- 
Vita   Nuova.     Dante  and   Beatrice.     Dante  Alighieri,  Italian,    1265-1321. 
Translated  by  Dante  Gabriel   Rosselti. 

Part  Seven:  Poetry 

Great   Tragedies 

King  Lear.     Rolfe  Edition.     William  Shakespeare,  English,   1564-1616. 
Othello.     Rolfe  Edition.     William  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 
Hamlet.     Rolfe  Edition.     William  Shakespeare,  English,   1564-1616. 
Modern  Poetic  Drama 

Herod.      Stephen    Phillips,    English,    1868- 

Ulysses.     Stephen  Phillips,  English,   1868- 

Jeanne  D'Arc.     Percy  W.  Mackaye,  American,  1875- 

Sherwood.     Alfred  Noyes,  English,   1880- 

The  Piper.     Josephine  Preston  Peabody,  American,    1874- 


PART   EIGHT:     NON-FICTION  23 

Sonnets 

Upon  Dante's  Inferao.     Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  American,  1807-1882. 
Upon  Dante's  Purgatorio.      Henry   Wadsworth   Longfellow,   American,    1807- 

1882. 
Upon  Dante's  Paradiso.    Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  American,  1807-1882. 
Chaucer.     Shakespeare.     Milton.     Henry  Wadsworth   Longfellow,   American, 

1807-1882. 
Shakespeare.     Matthew  Arnold,  English,  1822-1888. 
Marpessa.     Fine  blank  verse.     Stephen  Phillips,  English,   1868- 
Drake.     New  attempt  at  epic  poetry.     Alfred   Noyes,   English,    1880- 


Part  Eight 


"Read  not  to  contradict  and  confute;  nor  to  believe  and  take  for  granted;  nor 
to  find  talk  and  discourse;  but  to  weigh  and  consider." — Bacon. 

Non-Fiction 

The  American  Scholar.     In  Nature  Addresses  and  Lectures.     Ralph  Waldo  Emer- 
son, American,    1803-1882. 
Poetry  of  Tennyson.     Henry  Van  Dyke,  American,   1852- 

Tennyson;  his  art  and  relation  to  modern  life.     Stopford  A.  Brooke,  Irish,   1832- 
Selections  from  Landor.     The  Classic.     Sidney  Colvin,  English,  1845- 
From  Shakespeare  to  Pope.     Romantic  and  Classical.     Edmund  W.  Gosse,  English, 
1849- 

Studies   of   Several   Writers 

Essays  in  Ward's  English  Poets.     Thomas  Ward,  English,   1845- 
Appreciations.     Walter  Horatio  Pater,  English,   1839-1894. 
Essays  in  Criticism.     Matthew  Arnold,  English,  1822-1888. 
Corrected  Impressions.    George  Saintsbury,  English,  1845- 
Obiter   Dicta.      Series    I    and    II.      Augustine    Birrell,    English,    1850- 
People   Worth   Know^ing 

Life  of  Alfred  Tennyson.    Hallam  Tennyson,  English,  1852- 

Letters  and  Memorials  of  Jane  (W.)  Carlyle,  English,  1801-1866. 

Reminiscences.     Thomas  Carlyle,  Scotch,  1795-1881. 

Praeterita.    Autobiography.    John  Ruskin,  English,  1819-1900. 

Anne  Gilchrist,  Her  Life  and  Writings,  Edited  by  H.  H.  Gilchrist,  1828-1885. 

Autobiography  of  Harriet  Marlineau.     English,   1802-1876. 

Letters  of  Celia  Thaxter,  American,  1835-1894. 

Life  and  Letters  of  George  Eliot.  EngUsh,   1819-1880. 


24  READING   FOR   PLEASURE   AND   PROFIT 

People    Worth    Knowing — Continued 

Life  of  William  Morris.     John  William  Mackail,  English,   1859- 

Vailima  Letters.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Scotch,   1850-1894. 

Life  of  Alice  Freeman  Palmer.     G.  H.  Palmer,  Americem,  1842- 

The  Three  Brontes.     May  Sinclair,  English. 

Life  of   Charlotte   Bronte.      Elizabeth  Gaskell,   English,    1810-1865. 

Life  of  Phillips  Brooks.     Alexander  V.  G.  Allen,  American,   1841-1908. 
The  Gentlest  Art.     Famous  letters.     Edward  Verrall  Lucas,  English. 
The  Second  Post.     More  letters.     Edward  Verrall  Lucas,  English. 
Book  of  the  Sonnet.     Leigh  Hunt,  English,  1784-1859. 
Heroes  and  Hero  Worship.     Thomas  Carlyle,  Scotch,    1795-1881. 
Virginibus  Puerisque.     Various  essays.     Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Scotch,   1850-1894. 
The  Life  of  the  Spirit  in  the  Modem  English  Poets.     Vida  D.  Scudder,  American, 

1861- 
English  Composition.    Helps  in  Writing.     Barrett  Wendell,  American,  1855- 


Part  Eight:  Poetry 


Sonnets 

William  Shakespeare,  English,  1564-1616. 
The  first  two  lines  are  here  quoted: 

12.     "When  I  do  count  the  clock  that  tells  the  time. 
And  see  the  brave  day  sunk  in  hideous  night." 

18.     "Shall  I  compare  thee  to  a  summer's  day? 

Thou  art  more   lovely  and  more   temperate:" 

23.     "As  an  unperfect  actor  on  the  stage 

Who  with  his  fear  is  put  besides  his  part," 

25.     "Let  those  who  are  in  favour  of  their  stars 
Of  public  honour  and  proud  titles  boast," 

29.  "When,  in  disgrace  with  fortune  and  men's  eyes, 

I  all  alone  beweep  my  outcast  state." 

30.  "When  to  the  sessions  of  sweet  silent  thought 

I  summon  up  remembrance  of  things  past." 

32.  "If  thou  survive  my  well-contented  day. 

When  that  churl  Death  my  bones  with  dust  shall  cover,' 

33.  "Full   mciny   a  glorious  morning  have   I   seen 

Flatter  the  mountain-tops  with  sovereign  eye," 

54.     "O,  how  much  more  doth  beauty  beauteous  seem 
By  that  sweet  ornament  which  truth  doth  give!" 


PART   EIGHT:     NON-FICTION;    POETRY  25 

Sonnets — Conrinued 

60.     "Like  as  the  waves  make  towards  the  pebbled  shore. 
So  do  our  minutes  hasten  to  their  end;" 

66.     "Tir'd  with  all  these,  for  restful  death  I  cry, — 
As,  to  behold  desert  a  beggar  born, 
And  needy  nothing  trimm'd  in  jollity," 

71.     "No  longer  mourn  for  me  when  I  am  dead 
Than  you  shall  hear  the  surly  sullen  bell." 

73.     "That  time  of  year  thou  mayst  in  me  behold 

When  yellow  leaves,  or  none,  or  few,  do  heing 
Upon  those  boughs  which  shake  against  the  cold," 

87.     "Farewell!   thou  art  too  dear  for  my  possessing. 
And  like  enough  thou  know'st  thy  estimate:" 

98.  "From  you  have  I  been  absent  in  the  spring. 

When  proud-pied  April  dress'd  in  all  his  trim 
Hath  put  a  spirit  of  youth  in  every  thing." 

99.  "The  forward  violet  thus  did  I  chide: 

Sweet  thief,  whence  didst  thou  steal  thy  sweet  that  smells. 
If  not  from  my  love's  breath?" 

102.     "My  love  is  strengthen'd,  though  more  weak  in  seeming; 
I  love  not  less,  though  less  the  show  appear:" 

104.     "To  me,  fair  friend,  you  never  can  be  old, 

For  as  you  were  when  first  your  eye  I  eyed. 
Such  seems  your  beauty  still." 

106.     "When  in  the  chronicle  of  wasted  time 
I  see  descriptions  of  the  fairest  wights," 

116.     "Let  me  not  to  the  marriage  of  true  minds 
Admit  impediments." 

Nature   Poems 

Woodnotes,  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  American,  1803-1882. 
Hymns  of  the  Marshes.     Sidney  Lanier,  American,   1842-1881. 
Sunrise.     The  Marshes  of  Glynn. 

Great   Dramas 

The  Persians,  Agamemnon,  Choephori,  The  Libation  Pourers  (Translated  by 
Edward  H.  Plumptre).    Aeschylus,  Greek,  525  B.C.-456  B.C. 

Oedipus  Rex,  Oedipus  at  Coloneus,  Antigone  (Translated  by  Edward  H. 
Plumptre).     Sophocles,  Greek,  495   B.C.-405  B.C. 

Alcestis.  The  Children  of  Heracles  (Translated  by  Robert  Potter).  Euripides, 
Greek,  480  B.C.-406  B.C. 


26  READING   FOR   PLEASURE   AND   PROFIT 

Great   Dramas — Continued 

Nathan  the  Wise   (Translated  by  Ellen  Frothingham) ,   Minna  von   Barnhelm. 

G.  E.  Lessing,  German,   1729-1781. 
William  Tell    (Translated   by   Theodore   Martin).     Maria  Stuart    (Translated 

by  J.  L.  Mellish).     The  Wallenslein  Dramas:     The  Camp,  The  Piccolo- 
mini,  The  Death  of  Wallenstein  (Translated  by  Samuel  Taylor  Coleridge). 

J.  C.  F.  von  Schiller,  German,   1759-1805. 
Iphigenia   in   Tauris    (Translated   by   Anna   Swanwick).      J.    W.   von   Goethe, 

German,   1749-1832. 
The    Horatii    (Translated    by    Walter    Federau    Nokes).       Pierre    Comeille, 

French,  1606-1684. 
Andromache,  Phaedra   (Translated  by  Robert  Bruce  Boswell).     Jean  Baptiste 

Racine.  French,    1639-1699. 
The  Learned  Ladies  (Translated  by  Curtis  Hidden  Page).    Jean  B.  P.  Moliere, 

French,    1622-1673. 
Hernani   (Translated  by  Mrs.  Camilla  T.  Crosland).     Victor  Hugo,  French, 

1 802- 1 885. 
L'Aiglon    (Adapted  into   English  by  Louis  N.   Parker),   Cyrano  de   Bergerac 

(Translated  by  Howland  Thayer  Kingsbury).     Edmond  Rostand,  French, 

1868- 
The    Blue    Bird    (Translated    by    Alexander    Teixeira    de    Matfos).      Maurice 

Maeterlinck,  Belgian,   1862- 
Tristram   and    Iseult.      The   Arthur   Story.      Matthew  Arnold,    English,    1822-1888. 
Sonnets    from    The    Portuguese.      Autobiographical.      Elizabeth    Barrett    Browning, 

English,  1806-1861. 
In  Memoriam.     Arthur  H.  Hallam.     Alfred  Tennyson,  English,   1809-1892. 


The  educated  man  "has  learned  to  love 
all  beauty,  whether  of  nature  or  of  art, 
to  hate  all  vileness,  and  to  respect  others 
as  himself." — Huxley. 


Index  of  Authors 


Abbott,  Alexander   8 

Hannibal    13 

Julius    Caesar II 

King    Alfred 11 

Queen    Elizabeth    11 

Addison,  Sir  Roger  de  Coverley 5 

Alcott,  Life  and  Letters 8 

Little  Women    6 

Old-fashioned    Girl    6 

Aldrich,   Friar  Jerome's  Beautiful  Book.  13 

Mar jorie  Daw    15 

Old  Castle    16 

Allen,  A.  V.  C,  Life  of  Philips  Brooks.  24 

Allen,  G.  Florence 20 

Amicis,  Cuore   19 

Applelon's,  New  Practical  Cyclopedia .  .  3 

Arblay,  Madame  D.'  Journal 17 

Arnim,  Von,  Elizabeth  and  Her  German 

Garden    19 

Arnold,  Essays  in  Criticism 23 

Shakespeare    23 

Sohrab  and  Rustum    12 

Tristram   and   Iseult    26 

Austen,  Pride  and  Prejudice   14 

Bacon,  Essays 5 

Baldwin,  Story  of  Rolsmd    15 

Story  of   Siegfried    8 

Story  of  the  Golden  Age 8 

Ball,  Starland   11 

Barlow,  Irish  Idylls 15 

Barrie,  Little  Minister 16 

Margaret  Ogilvy 19 

Sentimental  Tommy   16 

Window  in  Thrums   16 

Bales,  Arlo,  Talks  on  Writing  English.  22 
Bates,      K.,      Early     English     Religious 

Drama    22 

Bennett,  Master  Skylark 7 

Beowulf   5 

Beveridge,  Young  Man  and  the  World .  .  20 

Birrell,  Obiter  Dicta    23 

Black,   Judith   Shakespeare 12 

Boissier,   Cicero   and   His  Friends 13 

Boswell,  Life  of  Johnson 16 

Boyesen,  Against  Heavy  Odds 7 

Boyhood   in  Norway 8 

Modem   Vikings    8 

Brassey,  Around  the  World  in  the  Yacht 

Sunbeam 8 

Bronte,  Shirley    14 

Brooke,   Early   English   Literature 21 

Tennyson ;    his  art 23 

Brooks,  Chivalric  Days   14 

Brown,  Alice,   County   Road    10 

Brown,  John,  Rab  and  His  Friends 7 


Browning,  Elizabeth  B.,  Aurora  Leigh. .  20 

The  Dead  Pan 9 

The   God   Pan    9 

Hector  and  Andromache    9 

Hector  in  the  Garden 9 

Musical  Instrument   9 

Rhyme  of  the  Duchess  May 16 

Sonnets  from  the  Portuguese 26 

Browning,    Robert,    How    They    Brought 
the    Good    News    From    Ghent 

to  Aix    12 

Incident  of  the  French  Camp 12 

Pied   Piper   of   Hamelin 12 

Bryant,   To  a  Waterfowl 17 

Buliinch,  Age  of  Chivalry 11 

Age   of   Fable    3, 8 

Bulwer-Lytton,  Last  Days  of  Pompeii .  .  6 

Rienzi    12 

Burke,  Speech  on  Conciliation   5 

Burnett,  Secret  Garden    6 

Burroughs,    Squirrels     and     Other     Fur 

Bearers    10 

Byron,   Prisoner   of   Chillon 17 

Cable,   Dr.   Sevier 15 

Old    Creole   Days 15 

Carlyle,   Jane    W.,   Letters,    etc 23 

Carlyle,     Thomas,     Heroes     and     Hero 

Worship   24 

Reminiscences    23 

Samuel  Johnson    16 

Chapin,   Rhinegold    8 

Chaucer,    Prologue    5 

Cheney,  Life  of  Louisa  Alcott 8 

Chesnut,    Diary   from   Dixie 22 

Chesterton,    Varied   Types 17 

Children's     Letters,     ed.     by     Colson     & 

Chittenden    9 

Church,  Heroes  of  Chivalry  and  Romance  8 

Roman   Life  in  the  Days  of  Cicero  13 

Story   of   the   Iliad 8 

Story  of  the  Odyssey 8 

Three   Greek   Children 6 

Clarke,  Doctor's  Daughter 6 

Classical  Dictionary,  Smith 3 

Colvin,  Selections   from  Landor 23 

Cooper,  Deerslayer 6 

Last  of  the  Mohicans 6 

Spy 9 

Corbin,   Which  College  for  the   Boy?..  20 

Comeille,  Horatii,  Ir.  by  Nokes 26 

Crane,    Whilomville    Stories 10 

Crawford,  Ave  Roma  Immortalis 20 

Greifenstein    16 

Roman  Singer 16 

Creasy,   Fifteen   Decisive   Battles 11 


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READING  FOR  PLEASURE  AND  PROFIT. 


Custer,  Boots  and  Saddles II 

Dana,  Two  Years  Before  the  Mast.  ...  8 

Dante,  Vita  Nuova,  trans-  by  Rossetti . .  22 

Darwin,  Voyage  of  the  Beagle 8 

Davis,  Friend  of  Caesar 12 

Deland.  Old  Chester  Tales 15 

DeQuincey,    Confessions    of    an    Opium 

Eater     20 

Flight  of  a  Tartar  Tribe 5 

Dickens,  David  Copperfield 10 

Nicholas   Nickleby    10 

Our  Mutual  Friend 13 

Tale  of  Two  Cities 7 

Merry   Tips    7 

Dix,  Soldier  Rigdale    7 

Dowden,    Shakespeare    22 

Drayton,  Agincourt   13 

Duncan,   N.,  Dr.  Grenfell's  Parish 11 

Duncan,  R.  K.,  Chemistry  of  Commerce  19 

Some  Chemical   Problems    19 

Eastman,  Indian  Boyhood 7 

Ebers,    Egyptian    Princess 18 

Uarda    18 

Eliot,   Clerical   Life 14 

Daniel  Deronda 16 

Life    and    Letters 23 

Middlemarch    21 

Mill  on  the  Floss 14 

Romola    18 

Silas    Marner 5 

Emerson,    American    Scholar 23 

Concord   Hymn    20 

Woodnotes    25 

Emery,  How  to  Enjoy  Pictures 17 

Encyclopedia    Americana 3 

Encyclopedia  Britannica 3 

Esenwein,  Short  Story 20 

Euripides,    Alcestis 25 

Children  of  Heracles,  tr.  by  Potter.  25 

Ewing,  Daddy  Darwin's  Dovecot 7 

Jackanapes    13 

Story   of   a   Short   Life 13 

Faraday,  Chemical  History  of  a  Candle.  13 

Farrar,  Darkness  and  Dawn 12 

Men  I  Have  Known 19 

Field,   Rome    20 

Fields,  Yesterdays  with  Authors 17 

Fiske,  American   Revolution 19 

Boston  Tea  Party    19 

John  Milton 19 

Thomas   Hutchinson    19 

Foote,  John  Bodewin's  Testimony 16 

Franklin,  Autobiography    8 

Freeman,  Young  Lucretia 6 

Funk  &  Wagnall's   New   Standard  Dic- 
tionary      3 

Gaskell,  Cranford 14 

Life  of  Charlotte  Bronte 24 


Gates,   Biography  of  a  Prairie  Girl....  6 

Gayley,  Classic  Myths 8 

George,  Junior  Republic 11 

Gilchrist,  Life  and  Writings 23 

Goethe.  Iphigenia,  trans,  by  Swanwick. .  26 

Gosse,    From    Shakespeare    to    Pope ....  23 

Sons   of  Cydippe 9 

Gowing,  The  Alcolts  as  I  Knew  Them.  8 

Grahame,   Golden   Age 19 

Guerber,   Myths  of  Northern  Lands ....  8 

Habberton,  Helen's  Babies 15 

Hale,     Boys'     Heroes 8 

Hardy,   Passe   Rose 14 

Hawthorne,  House  of  Seven  Gables ....  6 

Marble  Faun    18 

Twice-told   Tales    6 

Province  House 
Gray  Champion 
Maypole   of   Merry   Mount 

Henley,  Lyra  Heroica 12 

Herodotus,     Boys'    and    Girls',    ed.    by 

White    8 

Hersey,  To  Girls 15 

Hitchcock's  Enlarged  Practice  Book. ...  5 

Homer,   Iliad    (Bryant's  tr.) 5 

Odyssey    (Bryant's  tr.) 5 

Howard,   One   Summer 13 

Howells,   Boy's  Town 8 

My  Mark  Twain 15 

Rise  of  Silas  Lapham 18 

Hughes,    Tom    Brown    at   Oxford 10 

Tom  Brown's   School   Days 7 

Hugo,  Hernani,  trans,  by  Crosland 26 

Les  Miserables    18 

Ninety-three    12 

Hulbert,  Forest  Neighbors 10 

Hunt,  Book  of  the  Sonnet 24 

Hutton,  Life  of  Sir  Walter  Scott 15 

Ingelow,   Demeter  and   Persephone    ....  9 

Off  the  Skelligs   6 

Ingersoll.   Wild   Life 10 

Wild   Neighbors    10 

International    Encyclopedia,    New 3 

Irving,  Life  of  Goldsmith 17 

Sketch  Book    5 

Isaiah,  from  Modern  Reader's  Bible....  22 

Jackson,  Bits  of  Travel  Abroad 13 

Bits  of  Travel  at  Home 11 

Ramona    7 

Jenks,  In  the  Days  of  Chaucer 15 

In  the  Days  of  Scott 15 

Jewetl,  Betty  Leicester 6 

Country  Doctor 14 

Deephaven   14 

Letters    II 

Johnson,    Phaeton    Rogers 7 

Johnson,   ed..   Childhood 10 

Laughter    10 


INDEX  OF  AUTHORS. 


29 


Kauf mann,  Young  Folks'   Plutarch 8 

Keats,  Sonnet  on  Chapman's  Homer. ...  9 

Kingsley,   Andromeda    9 

Hypatia    12 

Westward    Ho! 14 

Kipling,   Captains   Courageous 6 

Day's   Work    10 

Feet   of    the   Young   Men 17 

Jungle   Book    10 

Kim    19 

Second  Jungle   Book    10 

Lamb,  Essays  of  Elia 5 

Lamont,  Elementary  English  Composition.  5 

La  Motte-Fouque,  Undine 10 

Landor,    Iphigenia   and   Agamemnon....  9 

Lcinier,  Hymns  of  the  Marshes 25 

Sunrise 

Marshes   of  Glynn 

Lathrop,  Study  of   Hawthorne 8 

Leaders    of    Men 8 

Lee,    Dorothy    Wadsworth 19 

Lessing,   Minna  v.    Barnhelm 26 

Nathan    the    Wise,    trans,    by    Ella 

Frothingham    26 

Lockhart,  Life  of  Sir  Walter  Scott 15 

London,    Call   of    the   Wild 10 

Long,   Ways   of  Wood  Folk 10 

Wilderness  Ways 10 

Longfellow,   Chaucer    23 

Falcon  of  Sir  Federigo 11 

King   Robert   of    Sicily 9 

Legend   Beautiful    13 

Milton    23 

Morituri     Salutamus 20 

Night    17 

Shakespeare    23 

Sonnet    on    Dante's    Inferno 23 

Sonnet  on  Dante's  Paradiso 23 

Sonnet  on  Dante's  Purgalorio 23 

Torquemada     13 

Lovell,  Stories  in  Stone  from  the  Roman 

Forum    13 

Lowell,   Chaucer    22 

Commemoration  Ode    20 

Dante    22 

Vision  of  Sir  Launf al 20 

Lucas,    Gentlest   Art 24 

Second  Post    24 

Mabie,  Under  the  Trees 19 

Macaulay,  Chatham   19 

Clive    19 

Ivry    13 

Johnson     5 

Lays  of  Ancient  Rome    13 

Horatius 

Battle   of   Lake   Regillus 

Virginia 


Madame    D'Arblay 16 

Milton   19 

Naseby    13 

Warren   Hastings    19 

Mackail,    Life    of    William    Morris....  24 

Mackaye,   Jeanne   D'Arc 22 

Maeterlinck,   Blue  Bird   (tr.  by  de  Mat- 

tos)    26 

Malory,   Boy's  King  Arthur 11 

King   Arthur  Stories II 

Manning,  Household  of  Sir  Thomas  More  18 
Maiden  and  Married  Life  of  Mary 

Powell     18 

Martineau,  Autobiography 23 

Peasant  and  the  Prince 7 

Masefield,   Martin   Hyde 7 

Milton,   Lyrics    5 

Paradise    Lost 5 

Modem   Reader's   Bible,   Isaiah 22 

Modern  Reader's  Bible,  Psalms,  17,  18,20,21 

Morris,  Dream  of  John  Ball 21 

Roots  of  the  Mountains 21 

Morris,  ed.  King  Arthur  and  the  Knights 

of   the   Round  Table 11 

Moulton,    Classical    Drama 22 

Literary  Study  of  the  Bible 22 

Shakespeare  as  a  Dramatic  Artist.  .  22 
Murfree,    Prophet   of    the   Great   Smoky 

Mountains     16 

New    International   Encyclopedia 3 

New  Student's  Reference  Work 3 

Nicolay,    Abraham    Lincoln 9 

Noyes,    Drake    23 

Sherwood     16 

Oliphant,  Autobiography J  5 

Beleaguered    City 21 

Neighbors  on   the  Green 14 

Oman,    Seven   Roman   Statesmen 13 

Ouida,  Dog  of  Flanders 10 

Page,     Two     Little    Confederates 7 

Palgrave,   Golden  Treasury 4 

Palmer,   G.   H.,  Life  of  Alice   Freeman 

Palmer    24 

Self-Cultivation  in  English 13 

Pancoast,  Introd.  to  the  Study  of  English 

Literature     4, 5 

Standard  English  Poems   4,  5 

Parkman,   Oregon  Trail    15 

Pater,     Appreciations 23 

Homeric  Hymn 9 

Marius   the   Epicurean 21 

Myth  of  Demeter  and  Persephone .  .  9 

Peabody,    Pied    Piper    of    Hamelin 22 

Pellison,  tr.  Roman  Life  in  Phny's  Time  13 

Phillips,    Herod    22 

Marpessa    23 

Ulysses     22 


30 


READING  FOR  PLEASURE  AND  PROFIT. 


Pliny,  Boys'  and  Girls',  ed.  by  While..  8 
Plutarch,    Caesar,    Brutus    and    Antony, 

trans,    by    North 13 

Young   Folks,   Kaufmann 8 

Poe,   Gold   Bug 15 

Pope,    Rape    of    the    Lock 17 

Prescotl,  Conquest  of  Mexico 13 

Preston    &    Dodge,    Private   Life    of    the 

Romans     13 

Psalms.  Modem  Reader's  Bible,  17,  18.20,21 

Pyle,    Men   of    Iron 14 

Story  of  King  Arthur   8 

Racine,  Andromache    26 

Phaedra,  trans,  by  Boswell 25 

Read,   Drifting    17 

Reade,  Cloister  and  the  Hearth 16 

Put  Yourself  in  His  Place 16 

Repplier,  Happy  Half-Century 22 

Varia    22 

Riis,    Hero    Tales    of    the    Far    North..  11 

Ritchie,   Old   Kensington 14 

Ritson,   ed.  Robin  Hood   Ballads 16 

Roberts,   Kindred  of   the   Wild 10 

Rolfe,  Shakespeare  the  Boy 13 

Rosegger.   Forest  Schoolmaster 19 

Rossetti,  The  King's  Tragedy 11 

The    White    Ship 11 

Rostand.    L'Aiglon,    trans,    by    Parker. .  26 

Ruskin,   Praeterita    23 

Sesame   and    Lilies 5 

Saintsbury,   Corrected    Impressions 23 

Sctnd,  Fanchon,  the  Cricket 7 

Schiller,   Mary  Stuart,  trans,  by  Mellish.  26 

Wallenstein,    trans,    by    Coleridge.  .  26 

William   Tell,   tr.  by   Martin 26 

Scott,   Abbot    18 

Guy    Mannering    12 

Ivanhoe    5 

Journal    15 

Kenilworth    12 

Lady   of  the  Lake 15 

Lay    of    the   Last   Minstrel 15 

Marmion     15 

Quentin  Durward   5,14 

Rob  Roy    9 

Talisman    14 

Scudder,    Life  of    the    Spirit   in   Modem 

English    Poets    24 

Sears,  History  of  Oratory 20 

Seawell,   Son  of  Columbus 7 

Seton-Thompson,  Lives  of  the  Hunted . .  10 

Two  Little   Savages 7 

Wild  Animals   I   Have   Known ....  10 

Shakespeare,  As  You  Like  It 17 

Coriolanus    13 

Hamlet 22 

Hark!    Hark!    the   Lark! 17 


Henry    V 5 

Henry    VIII 12 

Julius   Caesar    5 

King   John    15 

King   Lear    22 

Macbeth    5 

Merchant  of  Venice 13 

Midsummer-Night's    Dream... 9 

Much  Ado  About  Nothing 17 

Othello    22 

Richard   III 15 

Romeo  and  Juliet 20 

Sonnets    24.   25 

Tempest   20 

Twelfth    Night    17 

Shelly,  To-Night   17 

Shorthouse,    Little    Schoolmaster   Mark.  .  19 

Sinclair,  Three  Brontes 24 

Smith's  Smaller  Classical  Dictionary....  3 

Smith,  F.  H.,  Gondola  Days 20 

Sophocles,  tr.  by  Plumtre  Antigone 26 

Oedipus  at  Coloneus 26 

Oedipus  Rex 26 

Southey,  Life  of  Nelson 19 

Stedman,   Poets  of  America 17 

Victorian    Poets    19 

Stevenson,   Black  Arrow 14 

David    Balfour    12 

Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde 14 

Kidnapped     6 

Master  of  Ballantrae    14 

Memories  and  Portraits   22 

Merry    Men 16 

Ticonderoga    11 

Travels  with  a  Donkey 5 

Treasure     Island 9 

Vailima  Letters 24 

Virginibus   Puerisque    24 

Stockton.  Adventures  of  Captain  Horn..  10 

Jolly  Fellowship    6 

Rudder  Grange   10 

Stoddard,   Dab  Kinzer 7 

Talking  Leaves   7 

Stowe,   Oldtown    Fireside   Stories 10 

Student's  Reference  Work,  New 3 

Taylor,   Boys  of  Other  Countries 7 

Song  of  the  Camp 13 

Tennyson.  Alfred,  Break.  Break.  Break.  17 

Coming   of   Arthur 17 

Crossing   the    Bar 17 

Elaine     15 

Enid    and    Geraint 15 

Enoch    Arden 9 

Holy   Grail    20 

Idylls  of  the  King 5 

In     Memoriam ■ 26 

Lady  of  Shalott 15 


INDEX  OF  AUTHORS. 


31 


Oenone    9 

Passing  of   Arthur 17 

The    Revenge 16 

Sir  Galahad 20 

Tennyson,     Hallam,     Life     of     Alfred 

Tennyson     23 

Thackeray,   Chronicle   of   the  Drum....  12 

English    Humourists 16 

Four    Georges 17 

Henry  Esmond . 16 

Pendennis    21 

Rose   and   the   Ring 10 

Vanity   Fair    21 

Virginians     16 

Thaxter,    Letters 1 5,  23 

Thoreau,   Maine   Woods 10 

Walden 10 

Trollope,  Small  House  at  Allinglon....  16 

Tucker,    Life   in   Ancient   Athens 8 

Twain,    Innocents    Abroad 15 

Joan    of    Arc 12 

Prince  and  the  Pauper 7 

TyndjJl,  Forms  of  Water 15 

Van  Dyke,    Little    Rivers 19 

Poetry   of    Tennyson 23 

Wallace,    Ben   Hur 6 

Ward,    English   Poets 4,23 

Warner,  Being  a  Boy 7 

In  the  Wilderness 11 

My  Summer  in    a  Garden 19 

Washington,    Farewell    Address 20 


Webster,    Daniel,    Bunker   Hill    Oration.  20 

Reply  to  Hayne 20 

Webster's    Collegiate   Dictionary 3 

Webster's  English  Composition  and  Lit- 
erature       5 

Webster's   New   International  Dictionary.  3 

Wendell,    English    Composition 24 

Weyman,  Gentleman  of  France 14 

House    of    the   Wolf 14 

Wheeler,   Alexander   the   Great 8 

White,  J.  S.,  ed.  Boys'  and  Girls'  Hero- 
dotus      8 

Boys'  and   Girls'  Pliny 8 

Boys*  and  Girls'  Plutarch 13 

White,   Stewart  E.,   Blazed  Trail 10 

The    Forest 1! 

The    Mountains II 

Whitney,   Real    Folks 6 

Square     Pegs 6 

Summer  in  Leslie  Goldthwaite's  Life  6 

Whittier,   Red   River  Voyageur 17 

Wiggin,   Child's  Journey  with  Dickens..  II 

Mother  Carey's    Chickens 6 

Wilkins,    Short    Stories 10 

Wordsworth,     Daffodils 17 

Wright,  From  School   through  College . .  20 

Yonge,    Book    of    Golden    Deeds 9 

Caged    Lion 12 

Dove    in   the   Eagle's   Nest 7 

Unknown   to  History 12 

Young  Folk's   Library 8,  9 


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